Azerbaijani boxer Mahammad Abdullayev reached the semi-finals of the "Strandja" international tournament held in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.

According to the information provided by the federation to apasport.az website, our representative fighting in +92 kg weight defeated Narender (India) in the 1/4 final stage of the A category competition.

The winner of the World Championship won 4:1 (27:30, 29:28, 29:28, 29:28, 29:28).

By advancing to the semi-finals, our boxer secured at least a bronze medal for himself.

Muhammad will fight Uzbekistan's Bahadir Jalolov on his way to the final.

The meeting will be on February 25.

It should be noted that 2 more boxers will test their strength in the 1/4 finals of the tournament.

Malik Hasanov (63.5) will face Mujibillo Tursunov (Uzbekistan), Zeynab Rahimova (54 kg) will face Michaela Robles (Argentina).

Aynur Rzayeva (+81 kg) will challenge Monika (India) in the semi-finals.